Posted 11 April 2012

‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 11th April 2012

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Episodes from Liberty City heads its way onto the PS Store on this fine sunny day*. This includes both expansions (The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony) and won’t require the original GTAIV disc.

For PlayStation Vita we now have Stardrone Extreme, a game that I can only describe as really, really colourful!

There is a varied bunch of DLC content today, too from Dynasty Warriors 7 to Uncharted 3. Yep, Uncharted 3 has a new set of maps available today for you fortune hunting folk out there. Nothing like running around on the streets of London, eh?

Gilgamesh also travels through time to say hello and then proceed to make your life difficult in a new coliseum battle for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Noel gets his outfit from Assassin’s Creed and Serah gets her outfit designed by a member from AKB48, a Japanese group so big both in members and popularity.

The Journey soundtrack today is also being released today, too. A game praised for its music, I am sure this will go down a treat for some.

We’ve also got a bit of a sale going on for various Tom Clancy titles. More information will be detailed courtesy of Andy soon but, you’ll be able to hunt the offers down once the store refreshes later today.

As always, the list of content follows below.

Happy gaming.

Adieu!

*It was sunny as I wrote this. It may not be sunny now, however…

PlayStation Network New Content

Content may be added or removed, or move dates – please stay tuned to your weekly Store Update for the most up to date listings. Listed savings are approximate, based on SRP excluding Special Offer pricing and should be considered as a guide only:

PlayStation Plus

Silent Hill (PS one) – 100% discount

Until May 9th

Pure Chess – 20% discount

2 weeks only

Pure Chess – Park Pack – 100% discount

2 weeks only

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City – 40% Discount

1 week only

PS3 Games

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together and does not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play.

Prices: £14.99, €19.99, AU$29.95PEGI: 18Availability: Not Available in KW,QT,SA,AE

Goldeneye 007: Reloaded

Play through all the iconic movie moments re-imagined and updated for today’s gaming standards. Experience stunning visuals, a unique blend of action and stealth, and upgraded multiplayer. In the new MI6 Ops, test your 00 mettle in various agent skill challenges.

Refined. Recharged. Reloaded.

Prices: £39.99, €49.99, AU$79.95PEGI: 16Availability: All

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Betrayed by Darth Vader for the last time, Starkiller has escaped and faces a new journey to find his true identity. Unleash fury – wield dual lightsabers and new force powers to crush your enemies. Unleash truth – sequel to the award-winning story, continue the epic Star Wars saga.

Prices:£8.79, €10.99, AU$17.45PEGI: 16Availability: Available only in AU,BE,FR,DE,NL,NZ,IT,PT,RU,ES,UK

Pure Chess

Experience the game of chess like you’ve never seen it before. Download Pure Chess to see how stunning and beautiful chess can really be, and find out if you are a Grandmaster in the making.

PSVita Games

StarDrone Extreme is a high-speed action thriller with a mix of arcade action, pinball, breakout, physics and collect-the-objects. Explore the level to find key power-ups and earn more points that will ultimately let you compete against the world on the StarDrone Extreme leaderboards.

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I recently downloaded the Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown Trail and enjoyed it then when I looked on the store for the full game I could not find it.Could you look into this for me as I would like to purchase the game?Thanks Jawad

I recently downloaded the Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown Trail and enjoyed it then when I looked on the store for the full game I could not find it.Could you look into this for me as I would like to purchase the game?

1. Language SupportThe Czech Store is in English only. It’s not a surprise. But every time I access it, I have to go through a message that specifically says that it is “MOMENTARILY only available in English”. Well, maybe not “momentarily” but definitely in the sense of “at present”. It suggest that some time in the future it will be availalbe in the Czech language. But will it? I know the Czech PSN market is very small and that localisation of the Store would probably not be profitable but if there is no chance of it happening, at least remove the word “momentarily” from the welcoming message. I’d bet the same is true for other Stores from countries with less promiment languages.

2. MisnamingThe Journey dynamic theme finally came last week but why is there a “2” at the end? It looks no different from the one the US got. Is there a No.1 or is it just a misnaming? Speaking of which, “Arc the Lad 1” has quite a huge space between its ...

1. Language SupportThe Czech Store is in English only. It’s not a surprise. But every time I access it, I have to go through a message that specifically says that it is “MOMENTARILY only available in English”. Well, maybe not “momentarily” but definitely in the sense of “at present”. It suggest that some time in the future it will be availalbe in the Czech language. But will it? I know the Czech PSN market is very small and that localisation of the Store would probably not be profitable but if there is no chance of it happening, at least remove the word “momentarily” from the welcoming message. I’d bet the same is true for other Stores from countries with less promiment languages.

2. MisnamingThe Journey dynamic theme finally came last week but why is there a “2” at the end? It looks no different from the one the US got. Is there a No.1 or is it just a misnaming? Speaking of which, “Arc the Lad 1” has quite a huge space between its title and the “(Full Game)” apendix. I’d bet there are other instances of errors in titles elsewhere.

Do you know when the DLC packs for Worms Ultimate Mayhem are coming out? It’s been a while since the game was released and I haven’t heard anything about them yet (plus, they have their own trophies already):P.

3. NeoGeoAny insight as to why PS3 versions of NeoGeo Station titles cost more than the PSP versions? The games are the same, are they not? It’s like this everywhere I’ve looked (CZ, UK, USA, JP).

Also, it is a huge, HUGE shame that the US is getting SMT: Persona 3 FES this week and we aren’t. The US Store may not have as many PS2 games as the Stores in Europe but their quality:quantity ratio is much better.

1. I imagine this will happen but I have no idea when.2. Usually it’s because there is another version. In this case one was incentive based. We’re looking to change the name to avoid mixups.3. They are different products, to put it simply.

Some Megaten games are planned for us but there isn’t a date to announce. The differences are always going to be related to legal or license. Those are the common two, at least.

I did think we had a few vita releases today and skull girls any info on the vita titles I thought we would have pure chess dr who to name a few…what’s up with the vita release lists will we get disgaea and supremacy mma on the store???

HiJust dropping by to make a few suggestions.Would it be possible to put Parasite Eve 1 on the store, it would make me very happy :)Also, since I missed out on it in the past, perhaps the Wild Arms series entirely?

It would be awesome if you pitched in these idea’s, I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wanting this :)

Hey I was just wondering where the demo for Batman Arkham Asylum is. I was going to recommend it to a friend of mine but it’s nowhere to be found on the store anymore. The strange thing is I could still download it via my downloads list, so it’s still on your servers, just not available on the store. Why?

What happened to the GTA plus discount? sure that was mentioned. also any word on I am alive being fixed. ironically its not alive, it just hangs the ps3 and I need to cut the power. I won’t buy a broken product and won’t buy at all if plus discount goes before its fixed

I was going to download the Journey Music but I’ll not pay more for absolutely no reason. It’s $4.99 (about 3,80€) on the US Store. The GTA bundle is $15.99 on there. That’s about 12€, not 20€. US PS+ Members also get a discount. The Pinball Arcade game isn’t available either. What about Skullgirls?

Weren’t you guys working towards offering the same things everywhere in the west? But, according to your customer service, you were also working on an 18+ section for the German Store… that was about five and a half years ago.

With regards to the Journey sountrack, does the download consist of just a set of MP3s, or is it in some format that can only be played on the PS3? What I’m getting at is, can I move it onto other devices?

Jawad, is there any chance to see here the Marvel Comics Dynamic Theme the US Store published a couple of weeks ago? So far there’s only one (Iron Man), but I’d like to know if we are getting it as well.

Also, would be nice to see the Fallout New Vegas DLC discounted or offered for free for Plus members like you guys did with the Fallout 3 DLC pieces. That was awesome.

No Skullgirls – another delay on EU PSS. Can you finally create unified certification/QA process for EU and NA regions? This is getting more and more annoying and ridiculous with every release that goes through it. Just release the damn thing(s) – Steam can do it, XBL can do it, every other digital distribution platform can do it, but PSN can’t? I though world-wide releases should be a standard by now.Also: No Oceans!

Is it possible to get Yakuza Dead Souls DLC for those of us that had to get it second-hand?

Also, Disgaea, Hyperdimension Neptunia/Mk2 and Okami avatars please! It’s a license to print money as loads of us want them. The Hyperdimension Neptunia avatars have a listing on Pram’s Wishlist on the American NIS website with lots of votes on it but nothing is happening. Is there any news?

I posted this last week, but I’ll try my luck this week as well:“Say do you know if there’s a possiblity that we can get the the Killzone 3 avatars from the us store? the one from the EU stores r a joke. Thx in advance for answering.

Nothing but loads of DLC. No avatars, no PS1 games, no PS2 games, no nothing. Look at US store. They have better content over there. This is seriously starting getting beyond a joke.

And the PS2 classics range is already ruined with thanks to Midas and other budget software companies. :(

I mean why is every company is treating US costumers like Pro and don’t care for EU customers. I know it’s not your fault Jawad but can people at SCEE get their heads together and release better games for a change.

Already asked last week but since didn’t get an answer will try again in the hopes of getting one this time.

When RE4 HD was announced in Europe,Sony promised free avatars for those of us who bought the game.For months Sony said was Capcom fault for the delay and lack of the avatars in the store.Well,4 weeks ago those avatars finally appeared in the store and aren´t free.Are we ever going to get them or even those who bought the game,have to pay for them?

Soo any news on the Dr who game: the eternity clock and when that’s due to drop i believe y the end of April now :/ only another week or two and yet we haven’t heard anything yet :o so when will we get a date at the very least? :) great update otherwise

1) Any idea if Tombi is going through the process for being put on PSN? Heard Monkeypaw had the rights to those games now, and inevitable they’ll put them up here like on Arc the Lad.

2) Do you have any idea if there will be God of War avatars? I’d love them!

3) Have you heard anything about a possible discount for the MGS Collection on Vita if you have it on PS3? I’d love for there to be some sort of incentive to have two copies of those classics which are easy on the wallet.

Yay. Some Vita love.I have no idea about any of these games but I am instabuying them the moment they go live.

I have a question that I am not sure anyone will give me an answer for.When will arctic storm go back onto the psn store?This was one of the best racing games available for the psp go. I feel like I paid for someting that has now been taken away from me with zero compensation just because one dubious individual found an exploit within the game now everyone else gets punished!!

Are they going to fix the issue and then put the game back up please?I have zero interest in whatever the game allowed the hacker to do but I would like to be able to download a game I paid for on my PSP go less than six months ago and play it on my vita or at least be given a refund / compensation.

It doesn’t fill me with confidence in PSN and digital distribution from Sony if they are going to just flip a switch and deny customers access to games that they own.

Yay. Some Vita love.I have no idea about any of these games but I am instabuying them the moment they go live.

I have a question that I am not sure anyone will give me an answer for.When will arctic storm go back onto the psn store?This was one of the best racing games available for the psp go. I feel like I paid for someting that has now been taken away from me with zero compensation just because one dubious individual found an exploit within the game now everyone else gets punished!!

Are they going to fix the issue and then put the game back up please?I have zero interest in whatever the game allowed the hacker to do but I would like to be able to download a game I paid for on my PSP go less than six months ago and play it on my vita or at least be given a refund / compensation.

It doesn’t fill me with confidence in PSN and digital distribution from Sony if they are going to just flip a switch and deny customers access to games that they own.

I understand the vulnerability is an issue and would want it sorted out to protect our investments in the vita but it would be nice if there was at least some statement that the game is going to return :(

I find it very odd that when people ask for things on this blog – the US gets them while we don’t – some examples sale on Disagea 3 and other NIS items, White Knight Chronicles dlc, certain ps2 classics -in particular RPGSyou know real classics that are hard to come by and listed for outrageous amounts on ebay instead of ones you can find for a quid in a cash converters or cash generators

Btw, Sonic 4 Episode II is out next May. PSN first on May 15th meaning it should be out on 16th for Europe since every Wednesday is update day. If I don’t see it released on that date then I’m done for.

I really don’t understand the need for secrecy regarding the store releases. Especially when you have Sony exclusives which you really should be promoting and shouting from the roof-tops. What _IS_ happening with the Doctor Who game? It’s a popular brand, it’s not going to be on XBLA and… we know nothing about the release date.

How can Assassin’s Creed III or Resident Evil 6 have a release date set already? How can their QA be less complicated or involved than a downloadable title? How come things appear seemingly “ad hoc” on the store, yet physical releases rarely fail to meet release dates set months before?

i buy a lot of games either on disc or via the store but its becoming a laughing stock. you have customers every week throwing money at you and you can’t deliver. i dont care what hack excuses you have because clearly there isnt issues releasing stuff on steam and xbox live in the very same regions.

for a company that wants to make money you sure as hell DONT WANT OURS.

There is the reason why our prices are more expensive then the US ones. Still that is not how you get money from your customers, thats alianating your customers. I hope you guys are not with the +10000 employers that will be sacked but please get your act togheter and make the brand better.

Ok, now I’m REALLY disappointed! First there’s Disgaea 4 DLC but not for me because I live in the “wrong” country even though I’ve bought all previous released packs. Then there’s no Persona 4 FES. Really poor week! I’m so tired of these region-bull****. If this continues I’m NOT buying Orbis.

I’ve just bought a psn voucher whilst on my lunch so I can download skullgirls when I get home from work. What a waste of time :-(Any idea when we’ll be getting it? If not I’m gonna take my psn voucher back and trade it for ms points

I hope it doesn’t end like this. There are still a LOT of Classics missing on the European store. Including Spyro, which, as I previously said, is the biggest offender given its nature as, you know, the former unofficial Sony mascot alongside Crash Bandicoot (who, thankfully, managed to avoid Spyro’s fate).

There actually are two “store updates” in “my” week, the PS Store one on Wednesdays and the… other one on Thursdays. The saddest thing is that the latter is the one I know I can wait for with more optimism, which is made even more depressing by the fact I was expecting way more from the PS Store when I first bought my PSP back in 2008.

If “that’s it for the PS1 Classics” for real, then I guess I’ll get my “pocket Spyro” through other means. And, as sad-to-say as it is, I’m not talking about the Game Boy Advance.

Seconded on that! Why have the Download sizes disappeared? I need to know how big GTA4 Episodes are in total GB Wise as my PS3’s nearly full on Space :/, Great price on Star Wars might pick that up but need to know Download Sizes disappointed that these have disappeared all because of a silly Format Issue with the Playstation App on the iOS Device not being displayed for iOS Users! Come on guys PC Users use this site more than iOS Users use that App to check the PS Updates!

@ #110I agree what you say there. SCEE always fails now, we always get games/avatars MONTHS later than US or hardly get any, Most PS1 and PS2 Classics suck with thanks to Midas, weak Plus discounts, never catch up with US, too much DLC on store and that’s about it. Things starting to get worse and ugly.

What is wrong with some of you people? Just what OTHER free PS+ games from the other month are you moaning about not getting?The free content on PS+ has been awesome for the last couple months; Trine 2, Far Cry 2, Shift 2 (all 3 Platinum carrying games) and Shank 2.

Thats not including all the minis, avatars and PS One Classics for all those that like them (dont interset me)

We have more than got our moneys worth with PS+ recently so what other free games are you going on about?

Good work SCEE. Instead of trying to mange the problem and try to say something in your protection you just delete all the critic. Yeah! Running from the problem like a little kid is much better thenn try to make your (already bad) reputation better!

I recently downloaded the Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown Trail and enjoyed it then when I looked on the store for the full game I could not find it.Could you look into this for me as I would like to purchase the game?

lol why do developers even put their stuff on PSN if it’s just going to get screwed over? Skullgirls won’t sell as much because of this blunder. It’s up on XBLA but not here lol. MS must have magic power or competence. Oh well I hate XBLA because of gold but it’s better than waiting a few weeks for skullgirls on EU PSN. I’ll be playing Witcher 2 then. OH and bring persona 3 FES out.

Any news on the free dlc I should have got for Renegade OPS as part of te PLAY promo?It’s been months now and I feel like SCEE just hope we forget about it!How hard can it be? Last I heard we were meant to be getting an email about it, nothing has arrived!It doe not encourage me to take part in any future preorder offers.

Hi Jawad. I’ve just seen your replies regarding Skullgirls and the Pinball game (and for what its worth Doctor Who is more or less the same) which are basically “Release Unknown”.

I really can’t understand this. How hard can it be to get a release date for Skullgirls, Pinball or whatever, when a game like Assassins Creed III which has been in development for two or more years, will have had thousands of people working on it… has a fixed release date? I can pre-order AC3 now and pretty much be guaranteed to get it on or before the date stated. Can’t you just pencil in a release date for your Store releases? If any slips, as long as we’re informed beforehand and not at the last minute I’m sure most people wouldn’t mind.

Digital software will never take off when people have no information or certainty regarding release dates.

@ No 29 Basket21:Germany’s censorship borders on obstructing the human right of access to content. Sadly one cannot keep censoring out the past, nor treat it like it’s not there. Maintaining this state of denial is more damaging to a society in the long term that obfuscating it away(case in point, Mars orbital imagery that is heavily & illegally censored). Face up to your past, stop letting a certain group put the guilts on you collectively as a people, and move on. The open accepting of the truth will set you free.

I heard that Journey is coming to lbp2 soon Jawad. Can you possibly tell us when please? That game is, for all of it’s brevity, a def puller-in for wanting to replay it again & again, and to help others thru their Journeys and show them where to find glyphs. I will be buying the Soundtrack. The credits track is particularly beautiful. Funnily enough Journey has changed meaning etymologically since it has been part of our language. One earlier particularly apt middle-eng...

@ No 29 Basket21:Germany’s censorship borders on obstructing the human right of access to content. Sadly one cannot keep censoring out the past, nor treat it like it’s not there. Maintaining this state of denial is more damaging to a society in the long term that obfuscating it away(case in point, Mars orbital imagery that is heavily & illegally censored). Face up to your past, stop letting a certain group put the guilts on you collectively as a people, and move on. The open accepting of the truth will set you free.

I heard that Journey is coming to lbp2 soon Jawad. Can you possibly tell us when please? That game is, for all of it’s brevity, a def puller-in for wanting to replay it again & again, and to help others thru their Journeys and show them where to find glyphs. I will be buying the Soundtrack. The credits track is particularly beautiful. Funnily enough Journey has changed meaning etymologically since it has been part of our language. One earlier particularly apt middle-english meaning of “jurnee” glosses as “rite of passage”. Nice :) …

Another sweet update (for me), in that it’s becoming more clearer and annoying now to a lot more people about the EU being a 2nd class region regards to ‘others’… But it’s the reasons why that have had me upset over this, for like ages… it’s because we (the EU/Europe) Are Allready sce number1 spenders, providing them the most income/profit outa any other region.. So we are allready ‘loyal’ and They Know it.. But instead of rewarding us there using us in their corporate strategy to ‘win’ more ground (from m$) in the US… i mean how many times now has european xbla exclusives for m$ been released On Time for US.. yep backroom/business policy, But At Our Expense.. well nothing new i guess. At least those ‘clever’ scee support posters are becoming rarer though… btw. i still buy sony 1st… but it’s a shame.

Nice to see that whoever is setting the prices for these PS Vita games is still keeping them nice and low.I hope that still applies when Zen Pinball 2 is released!Speaking of which, any idea on a release date?

Spyro isn’t just the Classic I’m most eagerly – and gradually less patiently – waiting for. It’s also the best (or should we say “worst”?) example of the abyss between our PS Store and those of the other two, usually more Sony-cuddled regions. That’s why I said “biggest offender”, because Spyro’s past role as one of the flagship series in the PS1 lineup is why it now shouldn’t even be supposed to be among the missing games.

However, the Disney licensed ones have basically been re-published without any one of them missing. I wonder why some games don’t seem to have any of the problems others shouldn’t have, but instead do.

“IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN HOLLAND AND WANTS THE DLC FOR ATELIER TOTORI & DISGAEA 4” All of the released DLC is availible since last week if you search for Disgaea in the search menu you will find every piece of DLC for Disgaea 4 including Adell, Rozalin etc. Same counts for Atelier Totori, i needed to type in different things like Atelier, Totori or both in order to get everything there is, BGM packs, party members etc..It’s all there you need to use the search function in order to get it, i don’t know if they put it all together in this update cuz i can’t get to my PS3 right now. Hope this helped in any way.

@ neutronbombWhats this, a Walking Dead game due out.. didn’t know about that… you sure it’s not a android vers of the app ?… Hope your right as it’ll be great (i hope) playing a game about that awsome tv show.. Just roll on autumn for season3… don’t know how to ‘use’ my laptop to see it any quicker, so have to wait till then for FX to put it back on.

sony u really taking the [DELETED] out of uk ps plus we get 1 game this week silent hill its a gd game but the americans got a better update to there store hurry up nd get our store up-to-date like theres

Post 165.. doubt Jawad will answer that (lead to ‘awkward’ questions etc), but i wouldn’t think theres a snowballs chance # that it will work without the gta4 disc… the devs don’t ‘usually’ allow things to be so easy… hope i am wrong, but very much doubt it.

lol what a pathetic update, and you wonder why sales have deteriorated. Give us what we want still dont have the PS1 classics we want, dont care what issues are involved you have the power to pressure the developer and give your loyal fanbase what they want, however sony employees bunch of lazy nerds who only care about $$$ not the community

dont know why you lot moan wheres skullgirls wheres skullgirls have you not realised that the europe store is rubbish im english but when it comes to the psn store im american and guess what im playing SKULLGIRLS hahaha…..that is all

give us some decent PS1 and PS2 classics. you don’t mind putting up some overpriced DLC up on the store but for some reason you don’t want to put any great PS2 classic which would put most PS3 games to shame like Okami, Kingdom Hearts, The Warriors.

get your act together or you will be forced out of the games industry. you seem to forget that there is Nintendo and Microsoft you are competing with.